US736729A - Benzin-pan. - Google Patents

Description

No. 736,729. PATENTED' AUG. 18, 1903. G. E. HOWARD & J. G. M. UNGEHEUER.

BENZIN PAN.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1903.

10 MODEL.

WITNESSES:

UNITED ST TES i'atented August 18, mos.

PATENT- OFFICE.

CHARLES E. 'HOWARD AND- BENZlN-PAN.

srEcrFrcA'noN formin part of Letters ram No. 736,729, dated August 11s, 1903.

- Application filed May 14, 1903.

To all'whom it may concern: A

Be it known that we, CHARLES E. HOWARD, a subject of the King of Great Britain; and

- J OHN O. M. UNGEHEUER, a citizen of the United States,'both residing at Jersey City,

in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and'Improved Benzin-Pan, of which thefollowing is a full,

clear,.and exact description. v

The purpose of our invention is to provide a pan or receptacle adapted to contain benzin or a like highly-inflammable material and to so construct the pan or receptacle that it will be provided with a spring-controlled cover having normally a tight-but flexible or yielding connection with the upper marginal portion of the pan or receptacle, so as -to-prevent ignited material or articles being accidentally brought into contact with the contents of the pan or receptacle andito so construct and mount the cover that it may be pressed down sufliciently by means of a brush to enable the brush to economically and conveniently take up enough material for effective application to the face of type'to wash the same, for example.

- A further purpose of the invention isto so construct a receptacle of the character described that it can be safely and economic ally used whenever benzinor a like liquid is to be employedcontinuously or in large quantities and so that all surplus liquid will automatically drain from the cover into the any desired"matertaimetahj 7 v rectangular, however, as illustrated,

efcepta .A represents a and the said receptacle or pa'uA m I any desired shapelg' It is preferably Ii1ade whinmaibe i mp ei ybe given Serial no. 157,093. on model.)

The receptacle or pan A is provided with an upper marginalcover B, secured in, any suitable or approved'manner ordinarily to the outer facepf the said pan i or rec'eptacle by solder 10 or equivalent means, and this member 11, a horizontal upper memberj12, and a downwardly-extending inner member 13, which inner member is of less depth vertically than the outer member 11, and a cushion 14, ofasbestos or similar material, is socured to the inner member 13 of the marginal cover 13, extending downwardly from the said inner member 13 of the marginal cover any desired distance. This cushion lei is at; tached to-the marginal cover B byerneans of bolts, rivets, or the like.

A spring 15 is so shaped as to fit within-the receptacle or pan A close to the inner face of its sides and ends, and the upper portion of the said spring is made to engage'with and support a main cover 16','-which is engaged at its upper-surface by the packing or cushion- 14, extendingdownward from the inner member of the fixed marginal cover B. Y

The main cover 16 is in the form of a plate members 12 of the marginal fixed cover B, having more or less engagement with the in-- nor facesof'the sides and ends of the said pan or receptacleA, and at the margin of the said or openings 18 are produced, so that any liquid that, may gather on the cover may find an exit to thebody portion of the device through the said openings or recesses l B when against the action of the spring 15. The liquid is fed into the pan or receptacle A through a suitable opening, usually made at one corillustrated. f a In operation when the pan. or receptacle A- is filled orpractically filledwith liquid hem marginal cover-consists of a vertical outer main cover 16 'any desired number of recesses the cover 1 6 is but slightly pressed downward and extends beneath thehorizontal upper nor of the fixed marginal cover B,.which open: ing is normally closed by a screw-cap 17, as

' zin, for examp IeEe-by placiu'gabruslfonthj main. cover-116 and pressing -the cover downward against the; 1 action "o'fjfthe spring; 15 .fen'ough liqnidj'w'ill fiow ovefthejtop of the cover to suitably moisten tlijebr'ush, so that the-liquid may be applied wherever it is necessary, and as the brush is removed from the cover the spring-controlled cover automatically closes up against the fixed marginal cover B, and at the same time any surplus liquid which may be on the spring-controlled main cover 16 will flow ofi? therefrom into the body of the receptacle through the marginal opennomic and is particularly adapted for use'in printing-offices,where large quantities of henzin are used to wash the face of type.

The device, it will be observed, is perfectly safe. It is durable in its construction and may be conveniently and quickly operated.

It may here be remarked that the character of the spring 15 may be changed, it only being necessary that one ora series of springs of any type should be employed to normally hold the main cover 16in its upper or sealing position.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A device for containing liquid, comprising a body having an inwardly-extending upper flange portion, a cover loosely fitted in the-body of the device, and springs for holding the said cover normally in engagement with the said flange, asdescribed.

2. A device for containing liquids, comprising a body, an upper marginal flange extending inwardly from the body, a cover located below the said upper flange, openings in the said cover, and springs located within the body beneath the cover, permitting the cover to be pressed'downward away from the said marginal flange, as described.

3. A device for containing liquids, comprising a body-section having a fixed marginal flange, extending upwardly therefrom and horizontally from the upper portion of its upweirdly-extending section and thence downwardly, and a cushion secured to the inner downwardly-extending section of the fixed marginal flange, a spring located within the body-section of the device, a cover having marginal openings fitting loosely to the sides and ends of the said body beneath the inwardly-extending member of the flange, and a spring serving to normally hold the said cover against the cushion carried by the fixed flange of the body-section, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES E. HOWARD.

JOHN C. M. UN GEHEUER. Witnesses: Tnos. E. MURPHEY,

TmoTnY J. Bonus.

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